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Boats, including a container ship, cross the new waterway of the Suez Canal. (AFP)


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The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in an interview with the Saudi Deputy Crown Prince (SPA)


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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi stands in boat on the Suez Canal as he attends the celebration of the completion of the new Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt, on August 6, 2015. (Reuters/The Egyptian Presidency/Handout via Reuters)


Opinion: The Battle for the New Suez Canal

Opinion: The Battle for the New Suez Canal

The Muslim Brotherhood considers itself at war with the Egyptian regime. True to form, last week the group launched a massive media campaign to coincide with the inauguration ceremony for the new Suez Canal. The derisory and mocking tone of this campaign could be seen...
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Cargo ships sail through the Suez Canal, seen from a helicopter, near Ismailia, Egypt, in this September 2009 file photo. (AP Photo, File)


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A handout picture made available on March 14, 2015 by the Egyptian presidency shows Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (R) and Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (C) listening to Egyptian investment minister Ashraf Salman (3rd-R) as they look at a scale model of the new Egyptian capital displayed at the congress hall in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. (AFP Photo/Mohamed Samaaha/Egyptian Presidency HO)